Richardson Beach surfForecast / Lake Ontario / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 EDT
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Richardson Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Richardson Beach sea temperature is
16.1° C
(Which is 3.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Richardson Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Richardson Beach at 7AM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Afternoon (18 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (18 Oct)3ft (0.9m)5s

Table - waves today at Richardson Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
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Sunday
19
Monday
20
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Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.9
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
S
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
1.9
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)--3444445566677777888776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)0061118141322557312220429740145857158164078347723818113966
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
40
SSE
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
W
20
NW
20
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
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Low Tide
/ height (m)
n/a
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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---7:24-------7:24-------7:26----
Sunset------6:17-------6:15-------6:14-
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------11---131
Temp. °C91011111315181716151515182122201816151314131313
Feels °C (?)678791015131211111011141613141312101011109
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Lake Ontario

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Richardson Beach (light winds from the S at KingstonClimate-Ont 1 km from Richardson Beach). not gfswave

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Clean
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